Animal Aid

After 20 years, the EU law that governs animal testing across Europe and the UK is being revised. European Directive 86/609 EEC, which applies to animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes, is the legal template on which all EU member states base their national laws.

More than 433 MEPs have signed a declaration calling for a timetabled replacement of all primates in experiments to be enshrined in the new EU law. Sadly the European Commission has ignored their call and bowed to pressure from the research industry, removing the phase out of primate experiments from its proposed revision of Directive 86/609. So we urgently need your help!

A recent European Commission survey revealed that 80% of European citizens find the use of these highly intelligent and sentient animals in laboratories unacceptable. Despite this strength of public feeling, around 10,000 primates are currently used in experiments across Europe, with more than one third of them used in British laboratories.

We have a real chance of ending primate experiments through this legislation. The majority of the European Parliament – and the voting public – is behind it; now let’s make sure the people’s voice is heard!